I have a new idea for weapons in the game. 1 family is Swords, the other is Guns.

Type of Weapon - Sword, Gun
Attacks - Elemental

Family 1 - Sword Series
Design: The sword has a handle, round like many. The hilt looks like the symbol for the Crystal Energy bar (the circle with the big Minus sign). A long section goes up from the hilt, made out of metal, and the blade is made out of pure energy.
Nanoblade - 1 star
Reinforced Nanoblade - 2 stars
Obsidian Nanoblade - 3 stars
Tactical Nanoblade - 4 stars
Arcane Nanoblade - 5 stars
Basic attack: 3-4 slashes forward.
Charge attack: Lunge forward and slice 3 times.

Family 2 - Gun Series
Design: A blaster with 5 barrels on it. The side of it has the Crystal Energy symbol with an N enscribed next to it. The N glows a bit.
Nanopiercer - 1 star
Glowing Nanopiercer - 2 stars
Chaotic Nanopiercer - 3 stars
Champion Nanopiercer - 4 stars
Assault Nanopiercer - 5 stars
Basic attack: Shoots 15 rounds in a straight fashion. Fast speed, like the Autogun, but each bullet is weak. (That would make the difference of landing all rounds on an enemy)
Charge attack: The user spins in a circle, sending a bullet in all 9 directions. (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW) Each bullet does 2x as much damage as a basic attack.

Where to get it: The recipe could be bought from Sullivan, the krogmo coin store guy, in the Arcade. The 1 star recipes would be 30 KCs (Krogmo Coins). 2 stars would be 60 KCs, 3 stars are 90 KCs, 120 KCs for 4 star and 150 KCs for 5 stars.

Not sure what the recipes would be. But I know two components could be Light Shards and Static Clinger. For the gun, the main component would be Blast Powder, and the sword main component Gremlin Gizmo.